Bartc <b...@freeuk.com> writes: > To my mind, Python allows far too much freedom in being able to change > anything at any time.
You're welcome to that opinion. I don't see you present a reason why it should affect anyone else's opinion of Python, though. > Yet Python has to assume 100% of the time that it could have been > changed. Think of the opportunities for optimising if the probability > was 0%. Such a pity that Python is missing all those opportunities for widespread adoption, by not hewing closer to your preferences. -- \ “That's the essence of science: Ask an impertinent question, | `\ and you're on the way to the pertinent answer.” —Jacob | _o__) Bronowski, _The Ascent of Man_, 1973 | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list